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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes - EVWD Board of Directors - 07/09/1973 EAST SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY WATER DISTRICT REGULAR MEETING JULY 9, 1973 MINUTES CALL TO ORDER The meeting was called to order by President R. E. Stallwood at 7:00 P.M. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE All those present joined in the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag of the United States of America. ROLL CALL Directors Present: Disch, Forrest, Littleton, Stallwood and Wall. Directors Absent: None MINUTES OF In the Minutes of June 25, 1973, Page 4, the motion JUNE 25, 1973 in connection with step increases to Joseph Mujica and Roy Patterson was changed to read as follows: "Upon motion of Director Forrest, duly seconded by Director Wall, and carried by those Directors present, the salary increases noted above were granted, effective as follows: Joseph Mujica Effective as of August l, 1973. Roy Patterson Effective retroactive to May 1, 1973." SPECIAL DISTRICTS MEETING OF JULY 16, 1973 The General Manager indicated the Monthly Meeting of the Association of the San Bernardino County Special Districts will be held July 16, 1973 at the Green Tree Inn in Victorville, California, and asked if any of the Board Members would like to attend. All members indicated they would be interested in attending. MOTION Upon motion of Director Forrest, duly seconded by Director Disch, and carried by those Directors present, any Directors or members of Staff desiring to attend the Special Districts Monthly Meeting on July 16, 1973 in Victorville be allowed to do so. The General Manager was asked to make reserva- tions for all Directors. SEWER RATE CHARGE Attorney Farrell indicated to those present that he ARBITRATION APPEAL had received a notice from the Appellate Court that oral argument would be heard on August 2, 1973 at 10:00 A.M. at the District Court of Appeal in San Bernardino, California. He further stated that all written briefs had been filed, and upon our request, oral argument will now be heard, and that shortly after the oral argument is heard, a decision would be handed down by the Appellate Court. No action taken by the Board at this time. CITY'S INCREASE OF Each Director received a copy of a newspaper article $1.00 ON SEWER SERVICE with their Agenda, written by San Bernardino City CHARGE Councilman Hudson and appearing in the July 2nd San Bernardino Valley News issue. The article indicated a $1.00 per month increase in sewer charges for San Bernardino, "to pay off bonds that were used to replace old worn-out lines and build new ones needed to service our growing city." After discussion of the City's proposed increase of $1.00 on sewer service charges, President Stallwood appointed a Committee composed of Director Wall, Director Littleton, Consulting Engineer Rowe, Attorney Farrell, Ken Patterson and District Execu- tive Staff Members to study the proposed sewer service charge, and to be prepared to present a progress report of their findings at the Regular Meeting on July 23, 1973. -]- 7/9/73 2094 JULY 9, 1973 RESOLUTION 1973.34 Resolution 1973.34 was presented for Release of RELEASE OF LIEN FOR Lien for Delinquent Sewer Charges of R. Winn. DELINQUENT SEWER The General Manager indicated that the Auditor- CHARGES - WINN - Treasurer had certified the accoun~ had been 7115 ORANGE STREET paid in full, and recommended releasing the lien and adopting the Resolution. MOTION Upon motion by Director Disch, duly seconded by Director Wall, and carried by those Directors present, Resolution No. 1973.34 was adopted. RESOLUTION 1973.35 Resolution 1973.35 was presented for Release of RELEASE OF LIEN FOR Lien for Sewer Main Extension of D. C. Kurtz, SEWER MAIN EXTENSION 7008 Perris Hill Road, Highland, California. KURTZ - 7008 PERRIS The General Manager indicated that the Auditor- HILL ROAD - HIGHLAND Treasurer had certified the account had been paid in full and recommended releasing the lien and adopting the Resolution. MOTION Upon motion by Director Littleton, duly seconded by Director Forrest, and carried by those direc- tors present, Resolution No. 1973.35 was adopted. RESOLUTION 1973.36 Resolution 1973.36 was presented for Authoriza- CLOSING OF BANK OF tion to Close Bank of California Agency Account CALIFORNIA AGENCY No. 0-0108. ACCOUNT NO. 0-0108 The General Manager indicated that Auditor Hendricks stated it was no longer necessary to maintain this account, and Director Wall informed the Board Members that it was not necessary to maintain this account any longer in that the Auditor-Treasurer could receive the same or better interest on investing District's surplus money from C.D. Rate with- out using this account. MOTION Upon motion of Director Disch, duly seconded by Director Littleton, and carried by those Directors present, Account No. 0-0108 at Bank of California be closed. LAFCo/ESBCWD ANNEX- The General Manager reviewed and summarized ATION 1972-3 and these annexations, and indicated that Attorney ANNEXATION 1973-3 Farrell and he had attended the Annexation Hearing held June 27, 1973, and that these Annexations had been continued and would be heard on July 11, 1973. The General Manager further indicated that with regard to Annexation 1973-3 D'Augustino - we had received a notification from LAFCo indicat- ing that they have now omitted the condition that the District initiate annexation proceed- ings to LAFCo, in that the City was processing an annexation of that property to the City, and the General Manager then read the notice to the Board Members After discussion of these annexations, the General Manager indicated to the Board Members that he and/or Attorney Farrell would be present at the July ll hearing and would report the proceedings to the Board. ANNEXATION TO CITY The General Manager indicated that a District AREA WEST OF TIPPE- Information Bulletin had been sent to property CANOE - FIRE PRO- owners notifying them of the July 2nd hearing TECTION DISTRICTS date regarding this annexation and distributed REORGANIZATION copies of the Bulletin to Board Members. -2- 7/9/73 JULY 9, 1973 (Continued) He indicated that he had received a letter from Mr. Everett Marshall, 7119 Barton Street, San Bernardino regarding the Bulletin, and an enclos- ure directed to Supervisor Nancy Smith, and read the letter to the Board Members. The General Manager indicated that Mr. Marshall's position in the matter was unclear, and that he therefore had called Mr. Marshall on the tele- phone; however, he was unable to speak with Mr. Marshall and spoke with Mrs. Marshall and explained the District's position in the matter. After discussion, the Board Members indicated to the General Manager that the portion of the corres- pondence directed to Nancy Smith should be forwarded to her. The Board Members also indicated that the property owners should be notified of the new hearing date of July 17, 1973 at lO:O0 A.M. MOTION Upon motion of Director Disch, duly seconded by Director Littleton, and unanimously carried by those Directors present, the General Manager was directed to mail a letter to the property owners concerned with this annexation indicating that the hearing of July 2 had been postponed to July 17, at lO:O0 A.M., and said letter should be mailed to the property owners no later than Thursday, July 12, 1973. NOTIFICATION TO The General Manager indicated that in the past, due REGISTRAR OF VOTERS to the complexity of the District boundaries, Staff OF INDIVIDUAL has been authorized by the Board of Directors to PRECINCT MAPS WITHIN permit the Registrar of Voters to have printed a DISTRICT . precinct map of each precinct within the District boundaries and to send it out to the voters with the ballot, in order that the voters can determine whether or not they are within District boundaries and entitled to vote at the General District Election on Tuesday, November 6, 1973. MOTION After considerable discussion, upon motion of Director Disch, duly seconded by Director Hall, and carried by those Directors present, Staff was authorized to notify the Registrar of Voters that, as in the past, a precinct map of each of the precincts within District boundaries should be sent each registered voter with their ballot for the General District Election of November 6, 1973 who is entitled to vote in that election. EXCLUSION OF PART- The General Manager indicated the District had TIME POSITIONS FROM received a memorandum from the Public Employees' COVERAGE UNDER SOCIAL Retirement System stating that state legislation SECURITY recently enacted authorizes a public agency to remove from Social Security coverage any class or classes of part-time positions by amending the agency's original Social Security Agreement. He further indicated that at the present time, in our Social Security Agreement, we do not have an exclusion of any part-time employees, that they have always been under Social Security. The General Manager indicated that Auditor-Treasurer Hendricks was communicating with the Social Security Administration with regard to this new legislation; however, due to Mr. Hendricks' absence, the General Manager requested that this matter be carried over to the next Regular Meeting on July 23, 1973 for discussion at that time, to which the Board Members agreed. -3- 7/9/63 JULY 9, 1973 CONDOMINIUM DEVELOPMENT The General Manager indicated that we had received PALM AVENUE & CITRUS $150.00 from W. R. Buster (Crestview Development~Co.) (W. R. BUSTER) for a Water Study for his proposed 150 planned unit development, and that Engineer Garcia had arranged a meeting between Consulting Engineer Rowe, W. R. Buster, Mr. Paul Forrester and General Manager Rickert to dis- cuss water supply problems in connection with this development. Engineer Rowe has started the Study, and he placed a map of the development on the blackboard for the Directors to review, and pointed out the pro- gress of his Study to date. He indicated that he had met with the City of San Bernardino Fire Department Representative to determine their fire demand within the project area, since the project would be built in the foothills and in a high fire hazard area. Their demands require that the District facilities meet fire flow in excess of 2,000 G.P.M. This, of necessity, would require oversizing water lines within the project over and above the normal develop- ment on lower elevated lands. In addition, he pointed out that the District's present facilities were not developed at the time to serve the entire project, and that only a small portion of the units could be served fire protection as required by the City from Plant #99 at elevation 1,690. He stated, to serve the same units with domestic wqter would require additional pneumatic pressure facilities built at Plant #99. Both Mr. Rowe and the General Manager stated that Mr. Buster was told that the developer would be required to participate in the costs for additional facilities and the dedication of a reser, voir site at higher elevations serving his development. Engineer Rowe pointed out in the meeting with Mr. Buster that he represented the District, although C.M. Engineering was doing the engineering for his project, and that his employment with the District over the years was paramount and would take precedence. Engineer Rowe further ~ndicated that the Planning Department conditioned the approval of the project based upon a letter from the District with regard to the conditions to be met by the developer and the District's ability and willingness to serve the development. No action was taken, except the Board expressed the need to proceed with the Study with a progress report to be brought back to the Board at their next Regular Meeting on July 23, 1973. CALL FOR BIDS - INSTAL- The General Manager requested authorization to LATION OF WATER DISTRI- call for and open bids for the installation of BUTION MAINS, FIRE water distribution mains, fire hydrants, services HYDRANTS, SERVICES AND and appurtenances to serve Tract 7734 (Atlantic APPURTENANCES TO SERVE at Church Streets) on August 13, 1973 at TRACT 7734 7:00 P.M. MOTION Upon motion of Director Forrest, duly seconded by Director Wall, and carried by those Directors present, the bids are to be called for and opened at the District Office at 7:00 P.M. on August 13, 1973. -4- 7/9/63 JULY 9, 1973 U. C. EXTENSION Discussion was had regarding the Advanced Studies ADVANCED STUDIES Program in Special Districts Management I and II PROGRAM - SPECIAL scheduled at the U. C. Extension, Santa Barbara, DISTRICTS MANAGE- California for July 15-19 and July 22-27. No MENT I AND II action was taken by the Board at this time. CROSSTOWN FREEWAY The General Manager indicated that he had an LANDSCAPING opportunity to meet with Attorney Farrell with regard to the preparation of the Agreement between the State of California, Division of Highways and the District, and that the Agreement was presently being drafted by Attorney Farrell for presentation to the Water Committee for approval and forwarding to the State. SEWER SYSTEM Director Forrest inquired about the reactivation of SERVING NAFB the Study to investigate the Federal Government HOUSING PROJECT Housing Project on Third, Fifth and Sixth Streets being served sewer service through N.A.F.B. facil- ities to the City. The General Manager stated the matter had not been reopened at the time, but that he would meet with the District's Consultants and prepare a report for later presentation to the Board. SAND PROBLEM The General Manager reported a problem the District MOUNTAIN AVENUE is experiencing with sand within its mains in the 197 APARTMENT area of 35th and Mountain Avenue. He indicated COMPLEX the problem was isolated to one apartment complex, but not within the entire area. The District Staff had taken steps to check the source of the problem, tests of the water, and was keeping the apartment owners informed of District's attempts to resolve the problem. ADJOURNMENT There being no further business to come before the Board, the meeting was adjourned at 9:00 P.M. until July 23, 1973 at 7:00 P.M. Harold G. Rickert, Secretary Board of Directors Approved: R. E. Stallwood, President Board of Directors -5, 7/9/73